Uploaded July 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Good vibes only in Cape Cod Bay 🐋✌🏽
For the first time since 2020, our beloved research vessel, the Nereid, was back on the water for fieldwork with our Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life right whale scientists! This boat has been an essential part of the Aquarium for over 40 years, and we loved seeing her back in action. 🚤
For nine days in April, we conducted fieldwork that included photo-ID surveys, using a drone to collect blow samples and conduct photogrammetry (calibrated images for making body measurements), and recording sounds of whales and noise in the bay. The team took 5,316 photographs, spotted seven mother-calf pairs, collected genetic biopsy samples from four different whales, collected 40 samples of blow, and more!
#AndersonCabotCenter #RightWhaleResearch #RightWhales #ResearchVessel #Nereid
Good vibes only in Cape Cod Bay 🐋✌🏽
For the first time since 2020, our beloved research vessel, the Nereid, was back on the water for fieldwork with our Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life right whale scientists! This boat has been an essential part of the Aquarium for over 40 years, and we loved seeing her back in action. 🚤
For nine days in April, we conducted fieldwork that included photo-ID surveys, using a drone to collect blow samples and conduct photogrammetry (calibrated images for making body measurements), and recording sounds of whales and noise in the bay. The team took 5,316 photographs, spotted seven mother-calf pairs, collected genetic biopsy samples from four different whales, collected 40 samples of blow, and more!
#AndersonCabotCenter #RightWhaleResearch #RightWhales #ResearchVessel #Nereid
